Lost personal accessory return method and article

Claim 1

A method for confidential return of a lost personal accessory item to its owner, comprising the steps of: (a) printing generally applicable finder's return instructions on at least one surface of a holder, (b) incorporating coded credit, expenditure, authorization, address, and personal accessory item classification information into the holder, (c) attaching the holder to a personal accessory item subject to loss, (d) accessing the coded information to a distributed data processing system when lost.

Claim 2

A method for confidential return of a lost personal accessory item to its owner, comprising the steps of: (a) printing generally applicable finder's return instructions on at least one surface of a holder, (b) incorporating coded credit, expenditure, authorization, address, and personal accessory item classification information into the holder, (c) attaching the holder to a personal accessory item subject to loss, (d) accessing the coded information to a distributed data processing system when lost.

Claim 12

A method for confidential return of a lost personal accessory item to its owner, comprising the steps of: (a) printing generally applicable finder's return instructions on at least one surface of a holder, (b) creating coded credit, expenditure authorization, address, and personal accessory item classification information, (c) punching the coded information onto punched tape, (d) inserting the punched tape into the holder, (e) attaching the holder to a personal accessory item subject to loss, (f) removing the punched tape from the holder when lost, (g) reading the punched tape with a punched tape reader.

Claim 13

A method for confidential return of a lost personal accessory item to its owner, comprising the steps of: (a) printing generally applicable finder's return instructions on at least one surface of a holder, (b) creating coded credit, expenditure authorization, address, and personal accessory item classification information, (c) punching the coded information onto punched tape, (d) inserting the punched tape into the holder, (e) attaching the holder to a personal accessory item subject to loss, (f) removing the punched tape from the holder when lost, (g) reading the punched tape with a punched tape reader.

Claim 14

A method for confidential return of a lost personal accessory item to its owner, comprising the steps of: (a) printing generally applicable finder's return information on at least one surface of a holder, (b) embossing raised indicia coded account identification numbers onto a surface of the holder, (c) attaching the holder to a personal accessory item subject to loss, (d) accessing the coded information to a distributed data processing system when lost.

Claim 15

A method for confidential return of a lost personal accessory item to its owner, comprising the steps of: (a) printing generally applicable finder's return information on at least one surface of a holder, (b) embossing raised indicia coded account identification numbers onto a surface of the holder, (c) attaching the holder to a personal accessory item subject to loss, (d) accessing the coded information to a distributed data processing system when lost.

Claim 16

A method for confidential return of a lost personal accessory item to its owner, comprising the steps of: (a) printing generally applicable finder's return instructions on at least one surface of a holder, (b) placing an electrically programmable read only memory chip within a leadless chip carrier, (c) enclosing the leadless chip carrier within a smooth polyvinyl chloride card stock, (d) providing slots in one side of the card stock suitable for inserting elastomeric connectors in electrical contact with one face of said leadless chip carrier, (e) drilling alignment holes in the card stock near corners of the leadless chip carrier, (f) fashioning an adapter out of circuit board with at least twenty-four exposed electrical pathways suitable for elastomeric connection to the leadless chip carrier, (g) forming bus connectors at an edge of the adapter, (h) fixing alignment posts to the adapter suitable for inserting into the alignment holes, (i) inserting elastomeric connectors into said slots, (j) passing the four alignment posts through the alignment holes from the slotted side to the smooth side of the card stock, (k) placing tightening means on the alignment posts, (l) tightening the adapter against the card stock, (m) connecting the electronically programmable read only memory chip through the adapter to a programming device, (n) programming the electronically programmable read only memory with the programming device so that codes for credit authorization, expenditure authorization, address and personal accessory item classification information are stored therein, (o) attaching the holder to a personal accessory item subject to loss, (p) losing the holder and the attached personal accessory item, (q) inserting elastomeric connectors into said slots, (r) passing said alignment posts through said alignment holes from the slotted side to the smooth side of the card stock, (s) placing tightening means on the alignment posts, (t) tightening said adapter against the card stock and elastomeric connectors, (u) connecting the bus connectors of the adapter to data and address buses of a memory interface so that electrical communication is established between the electronically programmable read only memory chip, a universal asynchronous receiver-transmitter, and a decoding circuitry, (v) connecting the universal asynchronous receiver-transmitter to a modulator-demodulator for virtual telecommunication access to a remote data processing facility.

Claim 17

A method for confidential return of a lost personal accessory item to its owner, comprising the steps of: (a) printing generally applicable finder's return instructions on at least one surface of a holder, (b) placing an electrically programmable read only memory chip within a leadless chip carrier, (c) enclosing the leadless chip carrier within a smooth polyvinyl chloride card stock, (d) providing slots in one side of the card stock suitable for inserting elastomeric connectors in electrical contact with one face of said leadless chip carrier, (e) drilling alignment holes in the card stock near corners of the leadless chip carrier, (f) fashioning an adapter out of circuit board with at least twenty-four exposed electrical pathways suitable for elastomeric connection to the leadless chip carrier, (g) forming bus connectors at an edge of the adapter, (h) fixing alignment posts to the adapter suitable for inserting into the alignment holes, (i) inserting elastomeric connectors into said slots, (j) passing the four alignment posts through the alignment holes from the slotted side to the smooth side of the card stock, (k) placing tightening means on the alignment posts, (l) tightening the adapter against the card stock, (m) connecting the electronically programmable read only memory chip through the adapter to a programming device, (n) programming the electronically programmable read only memory with the programming device so that codes for credit authorization, expenditure authorization, address and personal accessory item classification information are stored therein, (o) attaching the holder to a personal accessory item subject to loss, (p) losing the holder and the attached personal accessory item, (q) inserting elastomeric connectors into said slots, (r) passing said alignment posts through said alignment holes from the slotted side to the smooth side of the card stock, (s) placing tightening means on the alignment posts, (t) tightening said adapter against the card stock and elastomeric connectors, (u) connecting the bus connectors of the adapter to data and address buses of a memory interface so that electrical communication is established between the electronically programmable read only memory chip, a universal asynchronous receiver-transmitter, and a decoding circuitry, (v) connecting the universal asynchronous receiver-transmitter to a modulator-demodulator for virtual telecommunication access to a remote data processing facility.